Allosaurus

Allosaurus jimmadseni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Allosauroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: †Carnosauria Superfamilia: †Allosauroidea

Familia: †Allosauridae
Genus: †Allosaurus
Species: A. atrox – A. europaeus – A. fragilis – A. jimmadseni – A. tendagurensis

Name

Allosaurus Marsh, 1877

Type species: Allosaurus fragilis Marsh, 1877

Etymology: from Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “different”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”)

Synonyms

• Antrodemus Leidy, 1870
• Creosaurus Marsh, 1878
• Epanterias Cope, 1878
• Labrosaurus Marsh, 1879

Vernacular names

العربية: ألوصور
български: Алозавър
català: Al·losaure
Ελληνικά: Αλλόσαυρος
Esperanto: Alosaŭro
français: Allosaure
עברית: אלוזאור שברירי
हिन्दी: अल्लोसौरस
日本語: アロサウルス
한국어: 알로사우루스
lietuvių: Alozauras
polski: Allozaur
português: Alossauro
русский: Аллозавр
中文: 異特龍屬

References

Primary references

• Marsh, O.C. 1877. Notice of New Dinosaurian Reptiles from the Jurassic Formation. The American Journal of Science and Arts. Series 3 14(84): 514–516. DOI: 10.2475/ajs.s3-14.84.514 Reference page. 
• Marsh, O.C. 1878. Notice of New Dinosaurian Reptiles. The American Journal of Science and Arts. Series 3 15(87): 241–244. DOI: 10.2475/ajs.s3-15.87.241 BHL Reference page. 

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